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this morning in an interview with cbs, romney fired right back. >> i think unhinged would have to characterize what we have seen from the president's campaign. the president's campaign is all about division and attack and hatred. my campaign is about getting america back to work. if you look at the ads that have been described and the divisiveness based on income, age, ethnicity and so forth, it's designed to bring a sense of emnitty and jealousy and anger. >> biden was not apologetic, he said he was just borrowing the republican's rhetoric. >> biden said we believe the -- i'm using their own words. i got a message for them. if you want to know what's outrageous, it's their policies. and the effects of their policies on middle class america. that's what's outrageous. >> well, romney responded to that biden attack on ryan this morning. >> can't speak for anybody else, but i can say that the comments of the vice president as i heard them i thought were one more example of a divisive effort to keep from talking about the real issues. look, no one is talking about deregulating wall street. >> let
this morning in an interview with cbs, romney fired right back. >> i think unhinged would have to characterize what we have seen from the president's campaign. the president's campaign is all about division and attack and hatred. my campaign is about getting america back to work. if you look at the ads that have been described and the divisiveness based on income, age, ethnicity and so forth, it's designed to bring a sense of emnitty and jealousy and anger. >> biden was not...
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>> yeah, the obama campaign is way ahead of where the romney campaign is right now. a lot has to do with structural advantage of a re-election campaign. we talked about the advantages and incumbency and talk about you get the big plan, give events in the rose garden, give grants to cabinet secretaries to open bridges. we tend to underestimate the extent presidential elections are able to do research and development in politics the way most campaigns that exist for six months or 12 months can't. obama team in chicago is basically on a five-year r&d arc answering questions they sort of first posed in 2007 and the romney folks, they have some smart people here in boston but they are playing catchup. >> it's funny. you wrote this about reporter saying how behind the curve they can be. restaurant critics remained blifious to chef's tools and techniques and persisted in describing every dish that came out of the kitchen and either grilled or broiled. what's your advice to political reporters in trying to at least scratch the surface of what's going on? frankly looks like i
>> yeah, the obama campaign is way ahead of where the romney campaign is right now. a lot has to do with structural advantage of a re-election campaign. we talked about the advantages and incumbency and talk about you get the big plan, give events in the rose garden, give grants to cabinet secretaries to open bridges. we tend to underestimate the extent presidential elections are able to do research and development in politics the way most campaigns that exist for six months or 12 months...
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that's what romney has to count on right now. romney can win the nomination without the south because the south is going to vote for whoever the republican nominee is in the general election, no doubt about it. but he can't win the nomination necessarily if rick santorum keeps beating him places where romney's supposed to win. >> isn't that the best narrative for santorum right now? he can say, look, i don't think romney can beat president obama in florida, virginia, or maybe north carolina, we have to have a candidate who can go out and really win the south. romney can't do it. it would seem to me this is some whar of a turning point for santorum because he can develop the narrative working against mitt romney. >> nobody can look at rick santorum and say, you're an electable guy. big picture, really? rick santorum? >> we like doing that. >> i know we did. >> i agree with rachel. i think santorum may be the guy to usher us into a brokered convention where somebody else that appears more electable can emerge. santorum may be the g
that's what romney has to count on right now. romney can win the nomination without the south because the south is going to vote for whoever the republican nominee is in the general election, no doubt about it. but he can't win the nomination necessarily if rick santorum keeps beating him places where romney's supposed to win. >> isn't that the best narrative for santorum right now? he can say, look, i don't think romney can beat president obama in florida, virginia, or maybe north...
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what was romney doing? he was winning. >> he was winning. >> all right. good morning. it's thursday, october 4th. welcome to "morning joe." wow! page turns a bit. with us on set, we have msnbc contributor mike barnicle and national affairs for "new york" magazine and political analyst john heilemann. and in nashville, i love nashville, pulitzer prize-winning historian jon meacham. meacham. should we go right there? >> in one second. i've -- we've got to set this up first for mike barnicle. we've all been saying the same thing. phone calls coming in last night from my democratic friends, independent friends, republicans, everybody's been asking the same thing, where did this come from? we've never seen this mitt romney before, but you say you have. >> yes, this is how mitt romney became governor of massachusetts in 2002 during a series of debates. he was exactly this way as he was last night. he came in prepared. he had a plan. he executed it. he was armed with specific information. he went right at the opponent. then it was shannon o'brien running for governor against
what was romney doing? he was winning. >> he was winning. >> all right. good morning. it's thursday, october 4th. welcome to "morning joe." wow! page turns a bit. with us on set, we have msnbc contributor mike barnicle and national affairs for "new york" magazine and political analyst john heilemann. and in nashville, i love nashville, pulitzer prize-winning historian jon meacham. meacham. should we go right there? >> in one second. i've -- we've got to set...
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if you think about how ryan compliments romney, i think luke is exactly right. this is a natural campaigner. he's a very easy politician, paul ryan is. can he go out there and energize the republican crowd? yes, he can do that. can he do it in a working class section of the country, justlike joe biden is doing for president obama? yes, he can do that. he can also be a big fund-raiser because he can energize conservatives, especially with the fiscal message he's got, and can he take the fight to president obama? he can do that. so if you think about all those areas, including the convention where, paul ryan is going to have such a big role, he really can perform very, very well. that's on one side of the ledger and the other side is that he's just going to be a huge target on medicare. >> all right, david, stick around. we'll take a short break. but just to recap, sources tell msnbc news that mitt romney's vice presidential pick will be congressman paul davis ryan, 42 years old, of wisconsin. the announcement will take place at 9:00 a.m. later this morning. we'll
if you think about how ryan compliments romney, i think luke is exactly right. this is a natural campaigner. he's a very easy politician, paul ryan is. can he go out there and energize the republican crowd? yes, he can do that. can he do it in a working class section of the country, justlike joe biden is doing for president obama? yes, he can do that. he can also be a big fund-raiser because he can energize conservatives, especially with the fiscal message he's got, and can he take the fight to...
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he's got romney's arms tied in the same way that the religious right has his arms tied on abortion rights, same-sex, the the way the neo cons have his arms tied in terms of foreign policy. >> one question either the moderate or obama should ask, name one issue in which you plan to buck your party, one issue in which you plan to stand up to house republicans, one issue in which you don't plan to govern as a severe conservative as you described your record in massachusetts before you were describing your efforts in massachusetts as a bipartisan bridge builder. >> would he come out with a sista souljah moment on request? >> that could work. were you a severe conservative or are you the reaching over the aisle -- across the aisle kind of guy? which is it? but you've got to -- as i said before, you have to go at romney the person. it's not romney's policies because those don't really exist. it's romney the man that he's -- >> i agree. that's what i'm working tonight. let's take a look at the promise romney made at the debate last week about keeping his $5 trillion tax cut deficit -- new defici
he's got romney's arms tied in the same way that the religious right has his arms tied on abortion rights, same-sex, the the way the neo cons have his arms tied in terms of foreign policy. >> one question either the moderate or obama should ask, name one issue in which you plan to buck your party, one issue in which you plan to stand up to house republicans, one issue in which you don't plan to govern as a severe conservative as you described your record in massachusetts before you were...
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all right? gallup says that romney is up by three. "investors business daily" says, no, no, no, it's obama who's up by three. okay, rand says it's obama who's up by four. oh, yeah? rasmussen it's romney who's up by four. reuters say it's romney who's up by one, upi says, no, it's obama who's up by two. and ppp just cuts right to the chase and say, no, it's a tie. and presumably they all mutter and admit, okay, yeah, it's a tie. it's a tie right now. but running for president is not a national race. it is not this country who gets to decide who the next president is. it is this country. it is this tiny conglomeration of relatively sparsely populated state. nationally, it looks like a tie. and the battleground states are all still being called battleground states, because it is very close in those states. but we are now getting close enough to election day, we now have polling on who people say they did vote for. like this current poll from reuters, who asks people who have already voted, who they cast their vote for. reuters found that
all right? gallup says that romney is up by three. "investors business daily" says, no, no, no, it's obama who's up by three. okay, rand says it's obama who's up by four. oh, yeah? rasmussen it's romney who's up by four. reuters say it's romney who's up by one, upi says, no, it's obama who's up by two. and ppp just cuts right to the chase and say, no, it's a tie. and presumably they all mutter and admit, okay, yeah, it's a tie. it's a tie right now. but running for president is not a...
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right? look at these. about right, 27%, what was mitt romney's percentage in alabama? 28%. 34% in mississippi. guess what? we know these exit poll numbers were a little bit tilted toward romney. when we reweight the actual vote, bet you that dials down a little bit. look at santorum ideology, 53% essentially, 53% in alabama, 49% in mississippi call him about right. and look at gingrich. 51% and 56% call him about right. so the bottom line is, guess what, we knew this before tonight, ed, and we knew it going -- we now know it again which is mitt romney doesn't ideologically fit the south. what we don't understand is, you know, does the romney campaign regret sort of playing into the narrative of saying, okay, let's try to do this, let's see if we can win one state and instead they give santorum this perception victory out of a night where delegate-wise, it's going to be close to watch. here's another number you need to know. this is how much money team romney has already spent, put on the air in the state of illinois. add it up together. it's pretty easy here. $3.2 mill
right? look at these. about right, 27%, what was mitt romney's percentage in alabama? 28%. 34% in mississippi. guess what? we know these exit poll numbers were a little bit tilted toward romney. when we reweight the actual vote, bet you that dials down a little bit. look at santorum ideology, 53% essentially, 53% in alabama, 49% in mississippi call him about right. and look at gingrich. 51% and 56% call him about right. so the bottom line is, guess what, we knew this before tonight, ed, and we...
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the new mitt romney's closing remarks came right out of the bush cheney neon play book, folks. vote for us or we're going to get attacked again. >> america's security and cause of freedom cannot afford four more years like the last four years. >> mitt romney will not let americans know what his real policies are. it is the bush administration all over again. especially when it comes to foreign policy. how's that sit with you? even obama adviser robert gibbs and newt "the gary radnich shgi anything to get elected. >> mr. speaker, you mentioned that your opponent mitt romney had a problem with being dishonest in the primary. my problem is with, was he dishonest when he said that. >> i think it is clear his position changed. >> the only path for the white house is for voters to pretend that changes never happen pepd get your cell phones out. want to know what you think. tonight's question, who do you trust when it comes to foreign policy decisions? text a for president obama. text b for mitt romney. we will bring you the results later on in the show. go to our blog and leave a com
the new mitt romney's closing remarks came right out of the bush cheney neon play book, folks. vote for us or we're going to get attacked again. >> america's security and cause of freedom cannot afford four more years like the last four years. >> mitt romney will not let americans know what his real policies are. it is the bush administration all over again. especially when it comes to foreign policy. how's that sit with you? even obama adviser robert gibbs and newt "the gary...
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joy, this is a bad place for romney to go. >> this was the one bone to romney threw to the far right. they have this obsession with pbs in doctrine ating chi
joy, this is a bad place for romney to go. >> this was the one bone to romney threw to the far right. they have this obsession with pbs in doctrine ating chi
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romney's favor. right now, though, that poll does sort of stick out. it's an outlier in terms of being more favorable to romney than everything else with polls like this at the combined state level. all of the national polls released today show the race is essentially a dead heat. tracking shows romney up by 2. the rasmussen poll has romney up by 1. investors business daily has the race at a tie. and the new abc news "washington post" poll shows obama up by 3. here's where it gets interesting. a ton of polling stuff comes out every day. every day there's at least one super interesting thing. and right now the thing most important, i think most intriguing in the data out of all the snapshots of the race is this. this right here is probably the most interesting thing. abc news and "washington post" polled voters nape didn't just ask who do they like. they asked which candidate would be better on a series of issues. here's what they found. on the issue of the economy, it's president obama by 4. taxes, president obama by 5. handling health care, obama by 6
romney's favor. right now, though, that poll does sort of stick out. it's an outlier in terms of being more favorable to romney than everything else with polls like this at the combined state level. all of the national polls released today show the race is essentially a dead heat. tracking shows romney up by 2. the rasmussen poll has romney up by 1. investors business daily has the race at a tie. and the new abc news "washington post" poll shows obama up by 3. here's where it gets...
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>> well, it would be, you know, it would be the past is prolonged again where mitt romney stood right at the edge of the line of being the defacto nominee and getting knocked backwards in i don't think that will happen. i think mitt romney will sweep it tonight. i really don't understand how rick santorum continues to make the argument offering and going forward rationale the the ability to deny mitt romney the number of collapsed the dell gal gaits has been collapsed. >> great to have you with us. thanks for your time. >>> an arrest is made in the planned plarnt hood bombing. we'll go to wisconsin for the latest. >> women don't care about contraception. they care about jobs and the economy. >> women are running away from republicans thanks to comments like that one. now terry with the war on women. >>> it's throwing lots of debris, 18 wheelers. this is something i've never seen before. >> an epic storm rips through north texas. we'll have a report from dallas-ft. worth. >>> our election coverage continues here on msnbc. you're looking live at a rick santorum event in pittsburgh, penn
>> well, it would be, you know, it would be the past is prolonged again where mitt romney stood right at the edge of the line of being the defacto nominee and getting knocked backwards in i don't think that will happen. i think mitt romney will sweep it tonight. i really don't understand how rick santorum continues to make the argument offering and going forward rationale the the ability to deny mitt romney the number of collapsed the dell gal gaits has been collapsed. >> great to...
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"the ed show" starts right now. >>> good evening, americans. welcome to "the ed show." 29 days until the election. mitt romney is sty trying to use fear and lying to get into the white house. he won't get away with it tonight. this is "the ed show." let's get to work. >>> america's security cannot afford four more years like the last four years. >> the romney lies continue in virginia. tonight retired cornell lawrence wilkerson. >>> the president dedicates a national monument to cesar chavez and the theorists foam at the mouth. >> do you think they change the numbers? >> i do. >> ari melber from the latest on the reality. >> the reason we face a difficult in our problem-solving mechanism is a good portion of the country has created an alternate universe. >> in a new study, shows america just how discriminatory and racist the republican early to stop early voting really was. you won't believe these numbers. >>> good to have you with us. thanks for watching. mitt romney is following up his debate performance in denver last week by introducing the
"the ed show" starts right now. >>> good evening, americans. welcome to "the ed show." 29 days until the election. mitt romney is sty trying to use fear and lying to get into the white house. he won't get away with it tonight. this is "the ed show." let's get to work. >>> america's security cannot afford four more years like the last four years. >> the romney lies continue in virginia. tonight retired cornell lawrence wilkerson. >>>...
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>> it's a right thing to do. if the proof is presented to them vividly, they are going to go after it. mitt romney got away with it and then ran from his own policies. he thinks he can get away with it in this campaign. i think what has to be done to the obama campaign, the press as well, this guy has to be made accountable for his own record and his own position on issues. i went on his website and he needs to be held accountable for his policies, his record, his statements. i think if he is, voters are going to get disgusted because the one thing they hate more than anything else is a phony. >> now, can biden bring that shot home and hit the bull's eye? >> i think he can. i think if there's one thing that some of us really love about joe biden is he is really plain spoken. he can deliver the hard truths to paul ryan and i think in some ways it is going to be perfectly set up for biden to do this kind of delivery. paul ryan, bless his heart, has a harder time lying than mitt romney does. he actually believes in
>> it's a right thing to do. if the proof is presented to them vividly, they are going to go after it. mitt romney got away with it and then ran from his own policies. he thinks he can get away with it in this campaign. i think what has to be done to the obama campaign, the press as well, this guy has to be made accountable for his own record and his own position on issues. i went on his website and he needs to be held accountable for his policies, his record, his statements. i think if...
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that is right. mitt romney wants to fire big bird. capella university understands businesses are trying to come back from rough economic times. employees are being forced to do more with less. and the need for capable leaders is greater than ever. when you see these problems do you take a step back, or do you want to dive right in? with a degree in business from capella university, you'll have the knowledge to go further in your career than you ever thought possible. let's get started at capella.edu >>> john mccain has been dead wrong on the fundamental issues relating to the conduct of the war. barack obama has been right. they are the facts. >> in the spotlight tonight the next debate. at this exact moment one week from now vice president joe biden and paul ryan will be hugging their families on a stage where they will have completed their debate. >> what i have been doing mostly is studying up on congressman ryans positions on the issues. and governor romney has embraced everything i can see. i don't want to say anything in the deb
that is right. mitt romney wants to fire big bird. capella university understands businesses are trying to come back from rough economic times. employees are being forced to do more with less. and the need for capable leaders is greater than ever. when you see these problems do you take a step back, or do you want to dive right in? with a degree in business from capella university, you'll have the knowledge to go further in your career than you ever thought possible. let's get started at...
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the 47%, the phony romney economic policy, the romney tax giveaway to the rich, on women's rights, on immigration, on the auto bailout. but the most striking response of the whole night came on the suggestion that he played politics over the death of the libyan ambassador. president obama showed presidential leadership and made the governor look small. >> the day after the attack, governor, i stood in the rose garden and i told the american people and the world that we were going to find out exactly what happened, that this was an act of terror, and i also said that we're going to hunt down those who committed this crime. and then a few days later i was there greeting the caskets, coming into andrew's air force base and grieving with the families. and the suggestion that anybody in my team, whether the secretary of state, our u.n. ambassador, anybody on my team would play politics or mislead when we've lost four of our own, governor, is offensive. that's not what we do. that's not what i do as president, that's not what i do as commander in chief. >> it was a powerful moment. he took
the 47%, the phony romney economic policy, the romney tax giveaway to the rich, on women's rights, on immigration, on the auto bailout. but the most striking response of the whole night came on the suggestion that he played politics over the death of the libyan ambassador. president obama showed presidential leadership and made the governor look small. >> the day after the attack, governor, i stood in the rose garden and i told the american people and the world that we were going to find...
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right now mitt romney is at his rally, the first one of the day, big one, big schedule for him. the president doing a bunch of stops as well in ohio. jack nicklaus, by t y, intht ey today. you're watching the daily rundown only on msnbc. bob... oh, hey alex. just picking up some, brochures, posters g! as ha backup plan, in case i get hit by a meteor. wow, your hair looks great. didn't realize they did photoshop here. hey, good call on those mugs. can't let 'em see at you're drinking. you know, i'm glad we're both running a nice, clean race. no need to genay. he y"hif hn faitylyaig looks good. [ male announcer ] fedex office. now save 50% on banners. >>> as we just reported, both mitt romney and president obama are in the buckeye state. the president heading there. they'll have multiple dueling c'nll i there.. they've been hearing from john kasich, the gronch. ron, talk about what you're seeing on the ground, et cetera. >> reporter: we're getting the usa, usa. ther are some protringp . i can't hear what they're say but there are protestersprotter. they dealering with these heckle
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so he right away, you know, overstepped mitt romney from this parochial view of i created "x" number of jobs which may or may not be true. being president is far greater than that, and did he it better than cory booker certainly did, and then any other surrogate -- >> he did it better than you've ever done either, david. >> and i think he tooked cory booker mess and used it to great advantage. i think raised this debate which has been brewing for a couple months now. >> absolutely. you're absolutely right. crystal, the romney campaign will ride any one on bain so long as it's not mitt romney. so it's cory booker, steve ratner, but he cannot be ridden. i am assuming mitt romney's position on bain will be i can't remember what i did, but i stand by what i did whatever that was. >> he's happy to take credit for any successes, but as soon as you start to talk about any of the failures, any of the things that went wrong, oh, that's off limits. we're not allowed to talk about that, right? and the president is exactly on point here. i think to what david just said, not only did he up the an
so he right away, you know, overstepped mitt romney from this parochial view of i created "x" number of jobs which may or may not be true. being president is far greater than that, and did he it better than cory booker certainly did, and then any other surrogate -- >> he did it better than you've ever done either, david. >> and i think he tooked cory booker mess and used it to great advantage. i think raised this debate which has been brewing for a couple months now....
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the romney campaign tried to convince they had traction. i think pennsylvania has got to permanently come off that list as a swing state because it just isn't at this point. >> all right. joe, let me bring you in. ohio. 50-48. i did the exit polling last night. incredible to see the difference with white working class voters with ohio versus the rest of the country. a 12-point difference in your state. nationally, the white working class vote, romney up by 28%. all came down to when we look at the data, that auto bailout. and you talked about that a lot. that meant so much to those people in ohio. that they bucked the trend of other white working class voters. >> oh, i think it definitely did. one of the things in the exit poll is 60% of ohioans support the bailout. 75% of those people said they voted for president obama. i think it was very, very large. even the republican analysts looking at the vote today, one of the things they have pointed to are some of the smaller counties, particularly up in the northwest part of the state. you know
the romney campaign tried to convince they had traction. i think pennsylvania has got to permanently come off that list as a swing state because it just isn't at this point. >> all right. joe, let me bring you in. ohio. 50-48. i did the exit polling last night. incredible to see the difference with white working class voters with ohio versus the rest of the country. a 12-point difference in your state. nationally, the white working class vote, romney up by 28%. all came down to when we...
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that was the right course i argued for through the begin. >> we'll end any doubt about mitt romney's lie. >> congress needs to keep student loan rates for doubling for student who is are here and all across the country. >> senate republicans defie the will of the people and vote to double the interest rates on student loans. >> they don't like that. they'd heard about this. >>> catholic bishops sent a letter to republicans about their war on the poor. howard dean is here. >>> rick burg is running for senate in north dakota. he's rich beyond belief but he has no idea what the minimum wage is. >> what is the minimum wage right now in north dakota? >> you know this guy would know. >>> good to have you with us. mitt romney, one of american automobile industry to lose millions of jobs and suck $100 billion out of economy. thankfully, the obama administration didn't follow romney's path. now the candidate for the republicans is trying to rewrite history. >> i pushed the idea of a managed bankruptcy and finally when that was done and help was given the companies got back on their feet. i'll
that was the right course i argued for through the begin. >> we'll end any doubt about mitt romney's lie. >> congress needs to keep student loan rates for doubling for student who is are here and all across the country. >> senate republicans defie the will of the people and vote to double the interest rates on student loans. >> they don't like that. they'd heard about this. >>> catholic bishops sent a letter to republicans about their war on the poor. howard...
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the right wing romney from the primary fight is no more. this week the etch-a-sketch came alive. the former governor championed centrist principles and got away with it. he keeps this act up. michael steele is a former chair of the rnc as well as an msnbc political analyst and cynthia tucker is a syndicated columnist. thank you. michael, there's on old tradition in politics, you go to your fringe or hard left or hard right to win the primaries and caucuses, and then you start to move slowly so by labor day you're ready to confront the enemy at the center. he didn't do it like that. he stayed right all the way through the summer and maybe masterfully wednesday decided to go with i'm for the 100%. i'm for pre-existing condition coverage, for all this education, all this good stuff. >> i think part of that -- you're right in your analysis, that's exactly what happens politically. i think for the romney campaign they took that strategy, elongated it because they had some shoring up to do with their base. >> can he pull it off? can you make that kind of switcheroo in september? >> i t
the right wing romney from the primary fight is no more. this week the etch-a-sketch came alive. the former governor championed centrist principles and got away with it. he keeps this act up. michael steele is a former chair of the rnc as well as an msnbc political analyst and cynthia tucker is a syndicated columnist. thank you. michael, there's on old tradition in politics, you go to your fringe or hard left or hard right to win the primaries and caucuses, and then you start to move slowly so...
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and it is very hard, and michael, you are the expert on mitt romney winning this thing clean right? >> yes. and howard fineman and mark halprin said it earlier. >> and no mo romney, i did say that. and thank you, michael. and thank you, joan. and joining us is how we see this things running through the convention, and we will look at how this works starting next tuesday all of the way in. we will be right back. >> well, mitt romney escaped with the slim victory in ohio tonight, and apparent winner after a very close race there. and steve schmidt with us here in new york. and steve, you are the expert on this thing, and how do you see it going right now? >> mitt romney keeps winning and with each win he drives the narrative that he is a weak candidate and we spent a lot of time talking about the comparisons between 2008 and 2012. when barack obama became the de facto nominee in june, the favorable and unfavorable ratio was 51-28, and he was popular. today the "wall street journal" report, mitt romney is 28-39, and rick santorum is 24-39, and the fact is that both candidates have flip
and it is very hard, and michael, you are the expert on mitt romney winning this thing clean right? >> yes. and howard fineman and mark halprin said it earlier. >> and no mo romney, i did say that. and thank you, michael. and thank you, joan. and joining us is how we see this things running through the convention, and we will look at how this works starting next tuesday all of the way in. we will be right back. >> well, mitt romney escaped with the slim victory in ohio...
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"the ed show" with ed schultz starts right now. >> good evening, americans. welcome to "the ed show" from new york. 84 days until the 2012 election. what's happening? republicans are so scared of the ryan/romney plan, they're literally running to their mommies. this is "the ed show." let's get to work. >> we're the ones who are not raiding medicare to pay for obama care. >> the romney/ryan lies about medicare have turned into a full throttle campaign push. tonight, we'll show you the official republican playbook that instructs candidates to deceive voters by hiding behind their mothers' skirts. >> rick would never do anything to harm social security or medicare. >> former health insurance executive wendell potter on the campaign of lies. howard fineman on whether or not it will work. and north dakota senate candidate heidi heitkamp who is fighting the lies on the ground. >> he's going to let the big banks once again write their own rules. unchain wall street. >> going to put you back in chains. >> the romney campaign claims the vice president is getting racia
"the ed show" with ed schultz starts right now. >> good evening, americans. welcome to "the ed show" from new york. 84 days until the 2012 election. what's happening? republicans are so scared of the ryan/romney plan, they're literally running to their mommies. this is "the ed show." let's get to work. >> we're the ones who are not raiding medicare to pay for obama care. >> the romney/ryan lies about medicare have turned into a full throttle...
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shore up support on the right, mentioning he's a gun owner now, romney took heed. >> i believe in the second amendment. i'll protect the second amendment. i have guns myself. i'm not going to tell you where they are. i don't have them on myself either. but we have the right in this country to bear arms. >> this raised the question whether romney purchased a we in the past five years or if he was retelling a story that turned out not to be true in 2007 when he told the "boston globe" he had guns. romney's comments the last time he ran for president. >> i'm not a big game hunter. i've made it very clear. i've always been, if you will, a rodent and rabbit hunter. small varmints, if you will. and i began when i was 15 or so. and have hunted those kinds of varmints. since then, more than two times. >> campaign does say he now owns two shotguns. by the way, remember, it was also after florida you had mitt romney talk about the very poor comment day after the florida primary and that, of course, rolled into what was a bad media day then for the next couple of days. 11 states dish out delegat
shore up support on the right, mentioning he's a gun owner now, romney took heed. >> i believe in the second amendment. i'll protect the second amendment. i have guns myself. i'm not going to tell you where they are. i don't have them on myself either. but we have the right in this country to bear arms. >> this raised the question whether romney purchased a we in the past five years or if he was retelling a story that turned out not to be true in 2007 when he told the "boston...
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in mitt romney's home state. >> santorum is right, a win is a win for mitt romney but the delegates are split evenly. each candidate received 15 delegates. romney spent time today cutting down the guy who tied him in michigan. >> rick santorum is a nice guy, but an economic lightweight. he doesn't understand what it takes to make an economy work on a personal basis. >> the campaigns are headed in the south country and of course the rust belt for the next week the focus is on the economic issues. this is why romney is calling santorum an economic lightweight but santorum thinks his message will resonate with the working class. >> we feel really good about tennessee, we feel great about oklahoma, we'll spend time in ohio, that is a battleground state, we think our message about guy from steel town in western pennsylvania will play well across the state of ohio. >> all right, we will see. santorum is trying to get back on track after killing his own momentum with social issues in that speech about jfk. but pennsylvania labor leaders, let me tell you something, folks, they know the real ric
in mitt romney's home state. >> santorum is right, a win is a win for mitt romney but the delegates are split evenly. each candidate received 15 delegates. romney spent time today cutting down the guy who tied him in michigan. >> rick santorum is a nice guy, but an economic lightweight. he doesn't understand what it takes to make an economy work on a personal basis. >> the campaigns are headed in the south country and of course the rust belt for the next week the focus is on...
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we're seeing that in the polls right now. we're seeing in ohio in that senate race and the senate race in florida and president obama leading mitt romney in women. now you've got a republican senator who is retiring saying, you know what, there's going to be buyers remorse. what do you think? >> i think there's definitely going to be buyer's remorse. the senator from alaska has had to apologize to her women constituents who were furious with her for voting for the blunt amendment. i think it's important to recognize what some people will be saying, which is, women don't care about it. that's the bullies response. that's the oh, i was just joking. >> she says that the economy is more important than women's health care. women don't care about contraception. if that's going to be the republican line, take it all the way to november, please. >> yeah. ed, women do care about jobs, in which case mitt romney needs to completely disavow the ryan budget which kills jobs for women. >> great to have you with us. thanks to much. >>> a te
we're seeing that in the polls right now. we're seeing in ohio in that senate race and the senate race in florida and president obama leading mitt romney in women. now you've got a republican senator who is retiring saying, you know what, there's going to be buyers remorse. what do you think? >> i think there's definitely going to be buyer's remorse. the senator from alaska has had to apologize to her women constituents who were furious with her for voting for the blunt amendment. i think...
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mitt romney got into the game. he released a statement today and went even further than his running mate. the teachers union is turning its back on thousands of children saying, quote, teachers unions have too often made plain that their interests conflict with those of our children. let's now turn to mr. phillip cantor. he's a high school science teacher in chicago at north grand high school. he's a strike captain at the school and also a member of the teachers for social justice. mr. cantor, good to have you with us tonight. i would like for you to first of all respond to the mayor of chicago saying that this is a strike of choice. >> i have to agree with the mayor on that, but i think it was his choice actually. it was not the teachers choice. the teachers have been at the table since november. mr. emanuel has never been at the table. he's the head of our appointed board of education. the head of cps has not been at the table. it's all been out of town lawyers doing the negotiations. i don't think the mayor has
mitt romney got into the game. he released a statement today and went even further than his running mate. the teachers union is turning its back on thousands of children saying, quote, teachers unions have too often made plain that their interests conflict with those of our children. let's now turn to mr. phillip cantor. he's a high school science teacher in chicago at north grand high school. he's a strike captain at the school and also a member of the teachers for social justice. mr. cantor,...
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>> the romney campaign will try to make this about obama. if they succeed, the right will show up. they do not want four more ye s years. >> one thing that's going to be really interesting to watch, i think, over the course of the campaign is whether the republican party will be able to sort out what it stands for nationally. >> not this cycle. >> it may not happen. we may wind up with the same thing. >> we're boing to talk about barack obama after the break. but trivia. name the state that's been the birthplace to the greatest number of presidents who were born as american citizens. the answer is ohio with seven presidents born there. all of them were american citizens at birth. eight presidents were born in virginia, but five were born as british subjects. we'll be right back. i think i'm goin-... shhh! we find that we don't need to sleep that much. there's an easier way to save. geico. fifteen minutes could save you fifteen percent or more. ♪ you got to believe ♪ yeah ♪ believe in yourself... ♪ [ female announcer ] weight watchers -- rated number one best plan for weight
>> the romney campaign will try to make this about obama. if they succeed, the right will show up. they do not want four more ye s years. >> one thing that's going to be really interesting to watch, i think, over the course of the campaign is whether the republican party will be able to sort out what it stands for nationally. >> not this cycle. >> it may not happen. we may wind up with the same thing. >> we're boing to talk about barack obama after the break. but...
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and it is very hard, and michael, you are the expert on mitt romney winning this thing clean right? >> yes. and howard fineman and mark halprin said it earlier. and thank you, michael. >> and no mo romney, i did say that. and thank you, michael. and thank you, joan. and joining us is how we see this things running through the convention, and we will look at how this works starting next tuesday all of the way in. we will be right back. >> well, mitt romney escaped with the slim victory in ohio tonight, and apparent winner after a very close race there. and steve schmidt with us here in new york. and steve, you are the expert on this thing, and how do you see it going right now? >> mitt romney keeps winning and with each win he drives the narrative that he is a weak candidate and we spent a lot of time talking about the comparisons between 2008 and 2012. when barack obama became the de facto nominee in june, the favorable and unfavorable ratio was 51-28, and he was popular. today the "wall street journal" report, mitt romney is 28-39, and rick santorum is 24-39, and the fact is that b
and it is very hard, and michael, you are the expert on mitt romney winning this thing clean right? >> yes. and howard fineman and mark halprin said it earlier. and thank you, michael. >> and no mo romney, i did say that. and thank you, michael. and thank you, joan. and joining us is how we see this things running through the convention, and we will look at how this works starting next tuesday all of the way in. we will be right back. >> well, mitt romney escaped with the slim...
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>> basically mitt romney has not been forth right on what programs he's going to cut so he can have more for his tax plan. danville, kentucky? >> i just had it and lost. >> it it is two. john c. breckenridge, youngest vice president in history. and grover cleveland's first vice president. his grandson would go on to be the democratic nominee for president in 19 52 and 1956. if you have a political trivia question that should be on the show, e-mail us at dai dailyrundown@msnbc.com. [ thunder crashes ] [ female announcer ] some people like to pretend a flood could never happen to them. and that their homeowners insurance protects them. [ thunder crashes ] it doesn't. stop pretending. only flood insurance covers floods. ♪ visit floodsmart.gov/pretend to learn your risk. i was expecting it to feel like i was on a diet, but the good news is, i don't. i actually still eat real food. things that i love. i'm losing weight, and i'm not feeling deprived. i never thought i'd be able to say that. i still have a ways to go but i feel more motivated than ever. i'm a mom now, and the most important t
>> basically mitt romney has not been forth right on what programs he's going to cut so he can have more for his tax plan. danville, kentucky? >> i just had it and lost. >> it it is two. john c. breckenridge, youngest vice president in history. and grover cleveland's first vice president. his grandson would go on to be the democratic nominee for president in 19 52 and 1956. if you have a political trivia question that should be on the show, e-mail us at dai...
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that was the right thing to do. mr. romney believes in something called self-deportation. thinks arizona's a model for immigration laws across the country. i think -- i think we did the right thing to say a young person who comes to america, is brought here, is raised here, is friends with your kids, is going to school with our kids is american in every single way except for a piece of paper. should have a chance to be a part of the american family. that was the right thing to do. >> now, patricia, when the president comes after mitt romney on these positions. i was reading even in the new york times today, some republicans that are young are having a problem with some of these issues and are in favor of some of the women's right to choose and same-sex marriage. i mean, is romney out of touch with where a lot of people in the country are in 2012? >> he's especially out of touch with young voters. a young republican is very different from an old 65, 75-year-old republican. a young republican in america is probably for gay rights. it's just a much more progressive segment of
that was the right thing to do. mr. romney believes in something called self-deportation. thinks arizona's a model for immigration laws across the country. i think -- i think we did the right thing to say a young person who comes to america, is brought here, is raised here, is friends with your kids, is going to school with our kids is american in every single way except for a piece of paper. should have a chance to be a part of the american family. that was the right thing to do. >> now,...
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so rich people pay less under romney and more under obama. that is the ultimate answer, right? >> the ultimate answer is if either one get their proposals through. and one of the way our economy grows is if rich people have more money, they hire more people. you should not raise taxes when the economy is in trouble. our economy is in more trouble today. the growth rate last week was a pathetic at 1. 2%. >> very much for your time tonight. >> thank you. >> we finally get to the issue that rich people need the money because they create the jobs. i want to bring in ed and al and steve and chris back into this discussion. i want to bring back chris matthews in denver in terms of hearing the republican spin on this. seeing what seems to be real democratic frustration on this. we're hearing already in terms of the different responses. the romney side is proclaiming victory. the obama campaign does not seem to be doing that. chris? >> when you read "the new york times" tomorrow, you'll see a side bar, strong night for romney. i think it's an objective -- it may be theater, but this is
so rich people pay less under romney and more under obama. that is the ultimate answer, right? >> the ultimate answer is if either one get their proposals through. and one of the way our economy grows is if rich people have more money, they hire more people. you should not raise taxes when the economy is in trouble. our economy is in more trouble today. the growth rate last week was a pathetic at 1. 2%. >> very much for your time tonight. >> thank you. >> we finally get...
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but we also read in politico today that other romney donors and -- >> that's right. i think there is a mix there, and there are folks who believe that karl rove and that the koch brothers operation, americans for prosperity, did spend their money as effectively as they could given the circumstances, and then there are others who really do want answers and who are probably less inclined to give that amount of money again because they think along the lines of what michael was just explaining, that these television ads were really infective, that this money was ill-spent and could have been spent better. i think we could see two possibilities. we could see something like we saw in 2004 where the big democratic donors gave so much money to try to unseat bush. when they were unsuccessful they basically packed up their checkbooks and went home and still haven't come back off the sidelines. or we could see them doubling it down. i have talked to some donors who told me that they are planning to support rick santorum in 2016. >> good old foster freeze. that's wonderful. karl
but we also read in politico today that other romney donors and -- >> that's right. i think there is a mix there, and there are folks who believe that karl rove and that the koch brothers operation, americans for prosperity, did spend their money as effectively as they could given the circumstances, and then there are others who really do want answers and who are probably less inclined to give that amount of money again because they think along the lines of what michael was just...
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first of of all, he is appealing to the hard right, there are a lot of hard right people in michigan. secondly, they don't like romney. there is an in authenticity about romneyromney. you show that auto industry stuff at the beginning of the segment. he said in the new york times in 2008 if the auto industry accepts federal money, they can kiss themselves goodbye they are gone, they are out of business. he can't get around that. what he does is lies with breath taking regularity, ironically, his new tactic against santorum is going to be to try to outspend him by millions in michigan and claim he's not a con conservative. >> is a rick snyder endorsement help him at all? >> might help him a little bit. romney has the endorsements and the money. nonetheless he struggles and struggles to just maintain his position. at this point in 2000, at this point in 2004, the two obvious nominees, bush and then kerry, were supported by 60, 60, 70%. >> what if he doesn't win michigan? >> it's all up in the air. >> really? it wasn't supposed to be this hard for romney. >> look, i've always thought and
first of of all, he is appealing to the hard right, there are a lot of hard right people in michigan. secondly, they don't like romney. there is an in authenticity about romneyromney. you show that auto industry stuff at the beginning of the segment. he said in the new york times in 2008 if the auto industry accepts federal money, they can kiss themselves goodbye they are gone, they are out of business. he can't get around that. what he does is lies with breath taking regularity, ironically,...
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this is what happens when you send mitt romney to a place where the trees aren't the right height. mitt has proven that only his money is fit to leave the u.s. i like the last one. >> this is what he proved. that he has poor people skills. he doesn't know how to interact with people. >> corporations of people. >> he knows how to relate to corporations, right? but the american people and just human beings can say when a person doesn't relate to people. they can pick up on that quickly. >> i think in all seriousness, though, that he responded as a ceo. he went right to his ceo thing of this is how i ran the olympics in his own mind. and he started critiquing it. he doesn't think like a diplomat or a commander in chief or president or politician. he thinks as a businessman. so let me give you my appraisal. that's where he went. >> i think you're right. he was guinn the question and there was a sense that he wanted to get an "a" on the answer and show he prepped and knew what was going on. and he's got inside knowledge. like a ceo like you're saying. and in doing that had no sense of t
this is what happens when you send mitt romney to a place where the trees aren't the right height. mitt has proven that only his money is fit to leave the u.s. i like the last one. >> this is what he proved. that he has poor people skills. he doesn't know how to interact with people. >> corporations of people. >> he knows how to relate to corporations, right? but the american people and just human beings can say when a person doesn't relate to people. they can pick up on that...
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and rick santorum right here in ohio. lynn? >>> thanks so much. all day long msnbc is the place for all your super tuesday results. prime time coverage begins at 5:00 p.m. with a special edition of "hardball" and continues live at 6:00 p.m., chris will be joined by al sharpton, ed schultz and rachel maddow. >>> mr. obama told benjamin netanyahu yesterday before using any military options, he wants to give sanction more time to work in iran. netanyahu speaking at the conference said israel can't wait much longer, to prevent the nation from developing a nuclear weapon. >>> on the senate floor yesterday, former republican presidential candidate john mccain called for u.s. air strikes against government troops in area. mccain argued the u.s. has a moral and strategic obligation to force out syrian president bashar assad to end his brutal crack down that killed 7500 of his people. mccain said the united states should lead an internationalest to protect key population efforts through air strikes on assad's forces. >>> first loo
and rick santorum right here in ohio. lynn? >>> thanks so much. all day long msnbc is the place for all your super tuesday results. prime time coverage begins at 5:00 p.m. with a special edition of "hardball" and continues live at 6:00 p.m., chris will be joined by al sharpton, ed schultz and rachel maddow. >>> mr. obama told benjamin netanyahu yesterday before using any military options, he wants to give sanction more time to work in iran. netanyahu speaking at the...